Automobile-brake.



1. LAMPLEk AUTUMOBILE BRAKE.

APPLICATION FILED MAH- 23 I9I4.

Patented Mar. 21, 1916i,

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L LAMPLE.

)atented Miu'. 21, 1916.

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D TAT SGEN LAMPLE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

AUTOMOBLEWBRAKE.

Yorin in Li of New l 'linjprowfa in .Antornobile-Brakes, of which the lowing is e specification.

'The present invention relates to improve ments in vehicle brakes und more especially 'lo to brakes for use upon nutomobiles, und the primary object of the invention is to pr@ vide n broke whit-li win ect automatically and instantly "',g i, 't the movement of the automobile wl :no encounters en obf 3.53 ject such`v 'for :is the hotly of o person, thereby briiiing' the nutolnobile at once to u :stop n! l x mobile over The ii ven ing, of brein Y sitions bets-veen the j feferably the rear driving Vf zeel:'1 and the .found, suoh b uke shoes being no'z'i'f'mlly held in an inoperative posilim'l by trig'ers and releesoole L5 nutonmtioull'v reo "wird pressure upon n. fender or other device git tue front of the automobile.

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in rf.;- llmeoi-s un gene-rally speel(- ove into po omis, the invention on'ients, and conil all ss leserioerl, the l out particu i of the specifi l uirni'ageunn s oi? pui 'zornpunyinggf ilroniio's; Fiffure l ion o?" en nl i e equipped noted in accordance with Vif* is e top plan (olive posit-ion; Fig. o s le eievunon o one of the Wheels ffuoolgile showing the Correspondin operative position; Fig. 4l is i" i rlv in section, showing the action of the lis rsnsverse section l or the invenr-iroenfins: clrue'ings Spccncetion of Letters Patent.

tomobile showing u Patented Mar. 21, 1916.

191%. Serial No. 826,625.

it will be understood, however, that the invention is not restricted to the precise construction shown as equivalent constructions are ineluled Within the scope of the claims at the end of the specification. ln the present instance l designates the body of an automobile having the front and rear Wheels and 3 respectively. The brake acts preferably on the rear or driving Wheels es such an arrangement enables the brake to arrest forward movement of the automobile even though the motor continues to drive the rear Wheels, ln the construction shown, e brake shoe l is provided- 'for each rear Wheel, this brake shoe being preferably concave so to conform approximately to the shapeof the tire on the wheel, and each brake shoe is attached to e bar 5 which bar is preferably curved un passes sliclaibly through guide l?. yorinelly, the brake shoes will occupy positions above the ground und in front of the wheels as shown in Fig. 1, and when the brake shoes are brought into action they will move into n position beneath the respective w ieels and will engage the ground 30 or the surface of the road. When in this' position. the brake shoes Will have a frictionnl Contact with the ground or road which will quickly arrest tbe forward Inoveinent of the automobile, and as the rear wheels rest upon the brake shoes and are out ot' Contact with the ground or surface the road, such wheels cannot propel the utoniobile forward even though the motor muy Continue to apply power to these e. heels. Esch brake shoe is normally held elevatori or in itsV inoperative position by Ineens which is releasable, preferably by rearward pressure upon ofender or other d vice located in front of the automobile. ln the present instance n trigger 7 is proided for @zich brake shoe, the Same being pivotecl on the bracket S which supports the guide 6 at the point 9, and the trigger has a portion 1U adapted to engage in a notch 100 or recess llnforlned in the bar to which the broke shoe is attached, the trigger thereholding the broke shoe in its elevated or inoperetiw posiion, The. opposite end oi the trigger has a portion l0 which serves to 105 drop and move into an operative position between the bottom of the Wheelland the ground.

The tripping means for the trigger of each brake consists preferably of a crossbar 12 which extends transversely from side to side of the automobile with its ends arranged to abut against the tripping portions 10a of the triggers for the brakes at the opposite sides ot' the automobile. This cross bar is fixed at each end to a rod 13 which extends longitudinally of the chassis of' the automobile and forwardly to a point Vin, front thereof, a fender or Cross-bar 14 oonmeeting` the forward ends of these rods. These rods may be guided to slide longitum dinally by any suitable means, a tube 15 being provided for each rod in the present instance and in Whieli each rod is slidable longitudinally. The tender or cross-bar 1li is held in its normal forward or inoperative position` by a compression spring 1G which is interposed between the fender or cross-bar 14 and the forward end of the respective tube 15. VWhen the fender 14 and the rods 12 attached thereto are in their normal forward inoperative position, the transverse tripping member 12 occupies a position in front of the tripping portions 10L ot the triggers and the triggers will engage the notches in the supporting bars of the respective brake shoes, thereby holding the brake shoes in elevated and inope1 position. When the fender or orossber at the front of the automobile eneountZ object, such the body of n. person, rearward pressure exerted thereon. Vwill pi the fender or bar 14 reervverdlyt @susi rearward motion ot the rods 13 Well as the crossbar 12, the rearward movement; er the eross-bar eli-uses the tripping of he triggers and consequent dropping; ol brake shoes into positions between the l und the ground or the surface ot the .i thereby arresting the movement of the mobile automatically or without req' the attention of the operator end :1vol passage of the automobile over the ob ln order to release the brake, the automobile is backed to remove the wheels from the brake shoes and the latter are then lifted and the triggers rengaged with the notches in the supporting bars of the brake shoes@ I claim as my invention. z-

1. A brake for automobiles and the like comprising brake shoes, curved bars con-- nested thereto and movable by gravity to positions beneath the Wheels, triggers coperntive with said bars and normally supporting the brake shoes in inoperative positions5 and ineens located at the iront of the automobile und movable rearwardly to reythe brake shoes and thereby cause operation thereof.

A brake for automobiles compri Y in Combination, a pair of brake shoes having Curved supporting bars, relatively fixed guides arranged in front the Wheels and cooperative with said Curved bars to guide the brake shoes into positions beneath suoli wheels, triggers Cooperative with said bars to normally -liold the brake shoes in, inoperative posit-ions, and means located in front of the automobile and movable rearwardly to trip the triggers.

f1. A brake for automobiles Comprising i combination. a pair of breite shoes having normal tendency to assume operative positions beoeeth the Wheels of the automobile, a pair of tr''gers normally holding' the brake shoes in inoperative positions, a pair of rods at opposite sides of and inovelvle itudinally o the automobile and for tripping triggers i oved rea"oferdly5 n transverse fender netted to the forward or" d r "cete/d in front of t automobi N norma l holding said rods,

,tender in tornai-d ;A'osition,. 1. 'wlwreof l have bereue presence of tivo enlesoiioi 

